Alif Putra Winata

Student | Open Source Contributor | Linux Enthusiast

About Me

Hello World! This is me, Alif Putra Winata. I`m interested in Linux, Open Source, and Technology in general. I`m currently a Students, constantly trying to create something useful tools, I`m also interested in learning about Cloud Computing, Containerization, Orchestration, Virtualization and of course Web Development. And of course, i can speak both in English and Indonesian.

My Skills and Tools:

Currently Learn:

Contacts, Social media, and Other platforms

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Hobbies	Tinkering with various Linux Distro and Vintage Windows OS in a VM. Doing some Network and OS performance tweaks and efficiency. Setting-up annoyance and distraction-less environment. Setting-up adblocking and privacy tweaks both on DNS-level, OS-level and Browser-level. Training online LLMs for effective prompt and answer, while keeping privacy is under control Reading online news, editorial, and various articles Learning and researching social issues Learning non-math science Setting up and fixing satellite tv configuration Light, non-professional home-made cooking

Other Skills

Operating Systems

Linux Desktop Workstation (GNOME, KDE Plasma, XFCE, Cinnamon, MATE, LXQt, LXDE, ChromeOS, etc.)
Linux systemd services, timers, and units management
Linux Package Management (APT, RPM, DNF, YUM, Zypper, YaST, Pacman, AUR Helper, Alpine APK, Flatpak, Snap and snapd, AppImage, Tarball, and Source Compilation)
Linux Firewall (UFW and firewalld)
Linux Networking (Netplan, /etc/network/interfaces, NetworkManager, systemd-resolved, resolvconf)
Linux Performance Tuning (swapfile, swapiness, encrypted swap, and ZRAM)
Linux Security Module (AppArmor and SELinux)
Android TV low-level configuration via Wireless ADB

Self-Hosted Solutions

AdGuard Home (As Local DNS Server and As DHCP Server)
Pi-Hole (As Local DNS Server)

Remote Management and Provisioning

Remote Desktop (RDP, VNC, TeamViewer, RustDesk)
Remote Management of Android, Google Chrome and ChromeOS
Cloud-Based DNS Firewall and Content Filtering (NextDNS, AdGuard DNS, ControlD)
Cloud-Based Storage and File Sharing Services (Google Drive, OneDrive, Mega, Proton Drive)
Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Teams)
Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Keep, Gmail, Meet)
Adblock Plus Filter Syntax (And DNS-based Adblock Syntax like AdGuard Home, domain, hosts, dnsmasq, and BIND format)

Creative Tools and Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Prompt Engineering For Cloud-based model (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, Meta, etc.) and Open-source models (Llama, Gemma, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen, etc.)
Canva (Basic graphic Design, Presentation, and Video Editing)
Microsoft Designer (Included in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote)

Others

Satellite Television Installation, Tracking, and Troubleshooting
Some cooking skills for Home cooking, (Not Professional Level)

Education

2026 - N/A: Universitas Terbuka | Bachelor of Information Systems
2023 - 2026: SMK Bukit Asam Vocational High School, majoring in Heavy Equipment Engineering
2019 - 2022: Junior High School No.2 Lawang Kidul
2013 - 2019: Elementary School No.24 Lawang Kidul

Internships and Work Experience

2025: Internship at PT. Pusaka Bumi Transportasi, working on Plant Department, focusing on Heavy Equipment Maintenance and Operations

Volunteer Experience

2025 - Present: Mozilla Support and KB (Knowledge Base) Contributor
2025 - Present: Termux Proot Distro - Contributor
2022 - Present: ABPindo (Indonesian Adblock Filter List) - Contributor and Maintainer